PHOENIX — A nonpartisan government agency that predicted at least 14 million people would lose coverage under a proposed Republican health care bill should not be relied upon for accuracy, Arizona Treasurer Jeff DeWit said Tuesday.

The Congressional Budget Office reported Monday that 14 million people would lose coverage within the first year under the American Health Care Act, a bill introduced by Republican lawmakers to replace Obamacare, a number that would increase to 24 million by 2026.

But DeWit told KTAR News 92.3 FM’s Bruce St. James and Pamela Hughes on Tuesday that the office is trying to predict the future.

“No one can predict the future accurately,” DeWit said.

To prove his point, DeWit pointed to the agency’s analysis of people who would be covered under Obamacare by 2016.